Steam-cooker



W. B. WUOD. Steam-Cooker.

N0. 225,905 Patented Mal'. 23, 1880.

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WILLIAM lB. WOOD, OF FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY.

STEAM-COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,905, dated March23, 1880.

Application led February 4, 1880.

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. WOOD, of Franklin, in the county ofSimpson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Steam-Cookers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference bem g had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in steam-cookers; and itconsists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out by the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis a perspective view. Fig. 2 is asection on line a' a: of' Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a section on line y y,Fig. l.

In the drawings, A indicates the outer case; B, the handle; O,water-reservoir; D D D, cooking chambers or drawers; E, tlues leadingfrom reservoir to cooking-chamber; F, cut-offs or valves in lues; G,handles for operating cut-offs; H, perforated plate; a, funnel at sideof case communicating with reser voir by opening cd; b, openings intlues; c, openings in cut-oii's or valves.

The case A is made preferably of tin, and in the form shown, its bottombeing adapted to t upon an opening in a stove.

The cooking-chambers D D D slide in and out of the casin g on theprinciple of drawers. There is a separate ue communicating with each ofthese chambers, which has au opening to admit the steam into saidchambers. In

these fiues are arranged cutoffs or valves provided with an opening toregister with the opening in the ilues, and by which means the steam maybe let into any one of the chambers, of which there may be any number,hy operating said cut-offs by means of the handles Gr.

The perforated plate H may be inserted, if desired, its use dependingupon the nature ot' the cooking to be done.

If it is desiredl to bake bread or other substance, the steam is cut offfrom the chamber D and allowed to enter the chambers D D.

Great inconvenience was often found in examining articles in asteam-cooker to see if they were properly prepared, for the reason thatthe steam was liable to burn the person making the examination.

It will be obvious that by this arrangement the steam can be shut oifrom any desired compartment and the examination effected Without thedanger before mentioned.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the casing A, funnel a, with opening a', reservoir C,ilues E, having openings b, cut-oi's F, having openings c, handles Gr,and chambers D D D, constructed substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

T. O. TowNsEND, G. W. WHITEsrDEs.

